A woman twice showed up uninvited at Kamala Harris and Doug Emhoff's $8 million Malibu home, prompting security to call the sheriff late Friday evening.
President Biden is set to award the Medal of Honor to seven U.S. Army soldiers in a ceremony Friday evening, with about two weeks left in his presidency. The Medal of Honor is given to members of the armed service who distinguish themselves during combat. Six of the seven recipients will receive the award posthumously....
The Biden administration has officially determined the chemical formaldehyde poses an “unreasonable” risk to human health and should be regulated. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) said this week that “formaldehyde presents an unreasonable risk of injury to human health, specifically to workers and consumers.” The agency noted that the chemical “is found nearly everywhere” and...
House Majority Leader Rep. Steve Scalise (R-La.) cited diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives that he says have blurred the focus of law enforcement agents hired to keep the country safe while discussing what caused the Wednesday New Orleans attack. “Some of these agencies have gotten so wrapped up in the DEI movement. You know,...
Greenland Prime Minister Múte Egede announced a desire to obtain independence from Denmark in the wake of President-elect Trump’s comments about buying the island territory. “The Greenlandic people's opportunity for independence has been adopted through the provisions of the Self-Government Act, thereby creating a legal basis for how independence can be achieved,” Egede said in...
Welcome to The Hill's Business & Economy newsletter {beacon} Business & Economy Business & Economy The Big Story Biden blocks US Steel sale President Biden has announced he will block the sale of U.S. Steel to Japanese-owned Nippon Steel, saying the acquisition would "create risk for our national security and our critical supply chains."...
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) was reelected to the top post in the House in a stunning floor vote on the opening day of Congress on Friday, securing the gavel on the first ballot. But the vote did not come without drama. Reps. Ralph Norman (R-S.C.) and Keith Self (R-Texas) had initially voted for candidates other...
James Carville slammed what the longtime Democratic strategist called “NPR language” that he said members of his party use as he evaluated why Vice President Harris lost the November election. Carville said during an interview with The Hill’s “Rising” on Friday that while Harris did not use that language during the campaign, Democrats’ use of...
Rep. Mark Takano (D-Calif.) will take the reins of the Congressional Equality Caucus, a coalition of House Democrats supportive of LGBTQ rights, in the 119th Congress, the group announced Friday. Takano will lead the caucus, founded in 2008 by then-Reps. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.) and Barney Frank (D-Mass.), through what is likely to be a tumultuous era for...
President-elect Trump said he has been in touch with Republican holdouts ahead of Friday afternoon's Speaker vote, as uncertainty swirls about whether Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) has enough support to be reelected leader, and how many rounds of voting that might take. The president-elect, in a phone interview with CNN, said he spoke to Rep....
A five-page, 26-point memo detailing “fails” under Speaker Mike Johnson’s (R-La.) leadership is circulating among House Republicans as the first ballot draws near. A copy of the document obtained by The Hill reads: “The House must be organized to deliver on the historic mandate granted to President Trump and Republicans. It currently is not –...
Rep. Don Bacon (R-Neb.) criticized Elon Musk on Thursday over false claims he levied against a proposed year-end funding package last month, successfully torpedoing the bill and forcing Congress to scramble to reach a new deal to avert a government shutdown. "What he said was not true,” Bacon said in an interview on NewsNation. The...
The brother of the late assailant who killed more than a dozen people in a vehicle attack New Orleans on New Year's Day says there were no significant warning signs ahead of the terror attack. “Sham believed his Islamic faith taught him that partying in places like New Orleans wasn’t righteous,” Shamsud-Din Jabbar’s younger brother...
